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Charles Rudolf Friml[1] (December 7, 1879 – November 12, 1972) was a Czech-born composer of operettas, musicals, songs and piano pieces, as well as a pianist. After musical training and a brief performing career in his native Prague, Friml moved to the United States, where he became a composer.
Rudolf Friml (born Dec. 7, 1879, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died Nov. 12, 1972, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was an American composer of operettas. Showing strong European musical influences, his work suggested pre-World War I European lightheartedness.
Rudolf Friml (7 December 1879 — 12 November 1972) Alternative Names/Transliterations: Rudolph Friml, Charles Rudolf Friml, Roderick Freeman, Rudolf Antonín Frymel
Rudolf Friml, pokřtěn jako Rudolf Antonín Frymel (2. prosince 1879 Praha [1] – 12. listopadu 1972 Los Angeles), byl americký pianista a hudební skladatel českého původu, je pokládán za jednoho ze zakladatelů amerického hudebního divadla.
Feb 12, 2021 · His best-known works are Rose-Marie and The Vagabond King, each of which enjoyed success on Broadway and in London and were adapted for film. A few of Friml's works have seen revivals on...
Rudolf Friml, a 1914 charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, died in Hollywood, California on November 12, 1972.
May 31, 2012 · The Prague-born Friml studied music in his native city from a young age, and made his early career principally as a pianist, touring the world for several years as accompanist to the violinist Jan Kubelik.
Rudolf Friml was born in Prague and started his studies at the Prague Conservatory in 1895, where he studied piano and composition with Antonin Dvorak. He served as accompanist to Jan Kubelik, with whom he toured twice in the United States. Friml moved to America in 1906 and premiered his Pian ...
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Jun 8, 2018 · Rudolf Friml [1] (Charles Rudolf Friml [2]) (frĬm´əl), 1879–1972, American composer, b. Prague. Friml lived in the United States [3] after 1906. The best-known of his 33 light operas are The Firefly (1912), Rose Marie (1924), and The Vagabond King (1925).
Jul 18, 2004 · By Anthony Tommasini. July 18, 2004. WHEN a Koch Classics CD of piano works by Rudolf Friml, played by Sara Davis Buechner, turned up in my mail a while ago, I assumed it was a novelty album....
